Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

Robert Wallace (1773–1855) was a Scottish politician. He was an electoral franchise reformer and agitator for postal service reform.
He was elected to the Westminster Parliament as the member for Greenock in 1832, sitting for that constituency until 1845.

X. B. Saintine
Dramatist
Xavier Boniface Saintine was a French dramatist and novelist. He was born Joseph Xavier Boniface in Paris in 1798. In 1823, he produced a volume of poetry in the manner of the Romanticists, entitled Poèmes, odes, épîtres. Wikipedia
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Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof (15 December 1859 – 14 April 1917)[1] was the creator of Esperanto, the world's most successful constructed language,[2] and a physician by profession. He grew up fascinated by the idea of a world without war, and believed that this could happen with... Read more...

What happens when US Intelligence Agents take the law into their own blood-soaked hands. Steve Kohlhagen’s taut novel, told at breakneck speed, is a thrilling ride into terror, vengeance and moral ambiguity